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Cornet, B-flat
Date: 1922-1923 between
Place Made:Elkhart, Indiana, United States, North America
Model: Aristocrat
Serial No: 107999
SignedEngraved alongside bell in zigzag-line style: Buescher Aristocrat
MarkingsStamped on valve casings, respectively: 1 2 3
Stamped on second valve casing: 107999
Stamped on second valve casing: 107999
DescriptionLacquered brass body, German-silver ferrules and water keys; mother-of-pearl touchpiece inlays
Fixed leadpipe
Main tuning slide at second bow
Three top-sprung Périnet valves; spring outside stem; one guide lug on red plastic disc; steel pistons.
Fixed leadpipe
Main tuning slide at second bow
Three top-sprung Périnet valves; spring outside stem; one guide lug on red plastic disc; steel pistons.
DimensionsHeight (without mouthpiece): 410 mm
Bell diameter: 112 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.68 mm
Bell diameter: 112 mm
Bore (second valve slide): 11.68 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesMarshall L. Scott, The American Piston Valved Cornets and Trumpets of The Shrine to Music Museum, D.M.A. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, 1988, p. 46.
Object number: 01685